No. 25-534

Andrew Harrington, et al. v. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-11-03
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: collective-action fair-labor-standards-act forum-state nonresident-defendant opt-in-plaintiffs personal-jurisdiction
Key Terms:
Arbitration ERISA DueProcess FifthAmendment WageAndHour Privacy
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20
Related Cases: 25-559 (Vide)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a federal district court that has taken personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant in a Fair Labor Standards Act collective action must exclude from the collective action all opt-in plaintiffs whose claims arose outside the forum state

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Whether a federal district court that has taken personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant in a Fair Labor Standards Act collective action must exclude from the collective action all opt -in plaintiffs whose claims arose outside the forum state .

Docket Entries

2026-01-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-16
Reply of Andrew Harrington, et al. submitted.
2026-01-16
Reply of petitioners Andrew Harrington, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2026-01-06
Brief of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. in opposition submitted.
2026-01-02
Brief of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. in opposition submitted.
2026-01-02
Brief of respondent Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. in opposition filed. (Corrected)
2025-11-25
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 2, 2026.
2025-11-24
Motion of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. for an extension of time submitted.
2025-11-24
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 3, 2025 to January 2, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-10-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 3, 2025)

Attorneys

Andrew Harrington, et al.
Nicolas Anthony SansonePublic Citizen Litigation Group, Petitioner
Nicolas Anthony SansonePublic Citizen Litigation Group, Petitioner
Benjamin Douglas PierceSud and Pierce, PLLC, Petitioner
Benjamin Douglas PierceSud and Pierce, PLLC, Petitioner
John Harris SudSud and Pierce, PLLC, Petitioner
John Harris SudSud and Pierce, PLLC, Petitioner
Nitin SudSud Law P.C., Petitioner
Nitin SudSud Law P.C., Petitioner
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.
Steven B. KatzConstangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLP, Respondent
Steven B. KatzConstangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLP, Respondent